The council works in partnership with private, public and voluntary sectors to serve the people of Medway. It provides information to the public through its main offices, the council newspaper Medway Matters and this website.   Want to find out more?    Please click here

Welcome to the Medway NHS Trust
The Medway NHS Trust is one of four hospital trusts in Kent and Medway. Employing over 3,300 staff, its main focus is to run the hospital in Gillingham. 
Opened by King Edward VII in July 1905 and giving faithful service to the Navy for many years before moving to serve all local people as part of the NHS, Medway Maritime Hospital now offers the people of Medway and Swale some of the best healthcare services in the UK.

"The fact that so many new services are being developed is a tribute to the quality of care provided and the hard work of all our staff, volunteers and supporters."   Andy Horne, Chief Executive            Want to find more?  Please click here

Here on the Kent and Medway National Health Service website, you can find out about local NHS services, Freedom of Information or discover how to stay healthy at home and when travelling abroad. If you have a query about a specific medical condition, our A-Z of health problems links to a wealth of local and national information. Our support group listings extend to topics as diverse as parenting, disabilities, abuse, carers, bereavement and mental well being.  You can also find out about how the NHS works in Kent and Medway, including information about all the individual trusts.  Want to find out more? 
Please click here.

Kent and Medway
Strategic Health Authority

You and Your Health

CityArk is the web presence of the Medway Council Archives Service which is based at the Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre, Civic Centre, Strood, Kent, England. We preserve and make available for research the archives of the Medway area of Kent and also the parish records of north-west Kent. Our oldest records date from 604.  Would You like to find our more?  Please click here

Medway is the name given to a conurbation in the north of Kent, England. It was previously known as "The Medway Towns" as the region consists of five towns on the River Medway that have gradually merged together. Because of its strategic location by the major crossing of the River Medway by Watling Street it has made a wide and historically significant contribution to Kent, and to the United Kingdom.   Read on....

Information about
Medway
From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia

Gillingham is a town in Kent, England, forming part of the Medway conurbation; it is a constituent of Medway unitary authority. The town includes the settlements of Brompton, Hempstead, Rainham, Rainham Mark, Twydall and Lidsing.
Gillingham means a homestead of Gylla's family, from Old English ham (village, homestead) and ingas (family, followers), and was first recorded in 10th century as Gyllingeham.  Read on...

About Medway, the community portal for Medway. The website is still in development and a number of enhancements are planned over the next few months. About Medway represents a partnership of local, regional and national organisations providing information services to the public and is part of the larger seamlessUK project enabling people to find the information they need from public sector organisations, including local government, voluntary and community groups together with information from government at all levels.   Read on?..................

What is Kent Local Directory (Medway)?
Kent Local is a huge source of information for your local town and neighbourhood. You can easily find local businesses, clubs and societies and entertainment and travel web sites as well as post a wide range of classifieds. If you want to publicise an event, or see what's going on in your town, then use the events calendar and keep yourself and your neighbourhood up to date. It's all free.  Want to find out more?  Please click here

Medway Sight Centre
A range of services are available from KAB Rehabilitation team based at Medway. The team provides services throughout the Medway Council area and is operated in partnership with Medway Council.  Want to find out more?  Please click here

Kent & Medway Mental Health & Social Care PPI Forum
Each forum is made of up of volunteers in their local community who are enthusiastic about helping patients and members of the public influence the way that local healthcare is organised and delivered. Forum members come from a broad variety of backgrounds and have a range of experience and skills.
Click to see what this forum is doing.

Kent Health Protection Unit
The Health Protection Unit (HPU) provides specialist health protection advice as well as operational support on all health protection matters to NHS trusts, local authorities, community health services (including schools and social services), and the general public. The local authority and Primary Care Trust (PCT) areas served by the Unit are listed on our "areas served" page.   Want to find out more?   Please click here

Child and Adolescent Mental Health   TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) training and development project is a multi-agency training and development project for the Kent and Medway region, focusing on service providers working with children and young people in both the statutory and voluntary sectors.   Want to find out more?  Please click here

About us:
The Department of Health (DH) is a Department of State. That means we are a Government organisation, responsible for carrying out the decisions of our ministers who represent the public as democratically elected MPs.

Our overall purpose is to help improve the health and wellbeing of everyone in England. We do this by leading and supporting NHS and social care organisations so they can provide fair, high quality services that offer real choice for patients, as well as best value for taxpayers.   Read on.....

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
Information and reports related to Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust.
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust was formed on April 1st 2006, following the merger of East Kent NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust and West Kent NHS and Social Care Trust.

Kent & Medway:  Some Facts and Figures:
The Health and Social Care sector as a whole suffers from an image of poor pay and difficult working conditions that have made the recruitment and retention of staff a recurring problem throughout the UK, and Kent and Medway is no exception!
In Kent and Medway the Health & Social Care Sector accounts for approximately 10% of the economy and employs in the region of 61,800 people.   Read on.....

The Wisdom Hospice
The Hospice provides specialist, palliative care for individuals and their families facing the diagnosis of a life threatening disease. Based in Medway and Swale it aims to enhance the care provided for, and the quality of life experienced by, those involved. This is achieved through the delivery of direct care, provision of advice and support, and by acting as an educational resource regarding the speciality of palliative care.  Please visit their website for more information.

Kent (North) Housing Aid Centre Your local Shelter office is: 
Shelter Kent (North) Housing Aid Centre. 2 Ordnance Street, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6SL

How to contact:  Drop-in and telephone ( unless otherwise indicated below )

Telephone: 01634 811166  Fax: 01634 813729  Email: medway@shelter.org.uk  Web: www.shelter.org.uk

Opening hours:  Monday: 10am-1pm ( tel / drop in ) - Tuesday: 10am - 1pm ( tel ), 2 - 4:30pm ( drop-in )
Wednesday: 10am - 1pm ( tel ),2 - 4:30pm ( drop-in ) - Thursday: 2pm - 4.30pm ( tel )  - Friday: 10am -1pm ( tel / drop in )

Welcome to The Medway Portal
We are working on a number of improvements to the site.
Members are free to contribute to the forums and submit appropriate web links.
Discussion Forums - Web Links - Medway Map - Photos - Search.  Want to find out more? Please click here

  View of Kent
medway & maritime kent

Medway - the historic capital of Maritime Kent - is situated midway between London and the Channel Ports. It's an ideal short break destination offering a relaxing and enriching experience.
Whether you browse the speciality shops in Rochester's Victorian High Street, take in majestic Rochester Cathedral, or visit The Historic Dockyard, Chatham - where over 400 years of naval history are brought vividly back to life - you'll go away both informed and refreshed.
Want to find more....  Please click here

ROCHESTER HOMEOPATHIC CLINIC
What is homeopathy?
Homeopathy is a safe and effective form of medicine that works by stimulating the body's own healing power. It is not new. It is based on the principle of treating like with like, which was developed in 1796 by the German Doctor Samuel Hahnemann. Even before that, Hippocrates had considered that there were two ways of treating disease. The way of similar (homeopathy) and the way of opposites, on which our conventional or allopathic medicine is based.  Want to find out more? 
Visit Christine Tsavellas's website or ring her on 01634 404556   or   01622 661055

The Medway Dyslexia Association is a charity, founded in 1986 by John Sears.  We are affiliated to the BDA and support its mission:

To ensure that there is a way forward for every dyslexic person, so that he or she receives proper teaching, help and support, is given an equal opportunity to achieve his or her potential, and can lead a fulfilled and happy life. We aim to:

> Support individuals and families affected by dyslexia.
> Help professionals in health and education to assist those who have dyslexia.
> Raise awareness and understanding of dyslexia and promote social inclusion for dyslexics in
> Medway and Kent.
> Work in partnership with other organisation's to provide a comprehensive service.
> Maintain high standards to ensure the best dyslexia support for the local community.  Want to find out more?  Please click here

About The Kent and Medway Learning Partnerships
The Kent and Medway Learning Partnerships are independent voluntary groups who respond at a local level to the ever changing needs of learners, communities and providers and articulate those needs to strategic partners including the local Learning and Skills Council (LSC).   Read on.....

Mumsnet was set up in January 2000 by Justine Roberts, a football journalist and mother of twin girls and a son and Carrie Longton, a TV producer with a six year old daughter and a three year old son. We were joined in 2001 by Rachel Foster, formerly in radio production and mother of three. Read on.... 

The Kent and Medway Safe Parenting Handbook has been produced by the Kent Child Protection Committee and the Medway Area Child Protection Committee in association with the Children’s Fund and the Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership. It is a comprehensive and straightforward guide to a variety of topics which may present difficulties for parents and all who have an interest in the safe care of our children.  Want to find out more?   Please click here

Greenwich University - Chatham Maritime - information about courses etc.
The University of Greenwich offers the best of both worlds, city and country. As a student you would be on the doorstep of London, but we also offer the cream of Kent - rolling hills, pub-to-pub walks, seaside resorts and Canterbury Cathedral - not far away.
Education is about breadth as well as depth ... about places and people, sights and heritage as well as books and keyboards ... so let us tell you a little about how we were born and grew up to have three campuses.

Medway Little Theatre - Chatham - Official Site - Tel: +44 01634 326188 - Box office +44 01634 400322 - Medway Little Theatre is situated in historic Rochester, at the heart of the new Medway Authority in North Kent UK. It was converted from a disused warehouse into a 108-seat theatre in 1958. In 1995 we acquired the freehold to our premises with the aid of a generous grant from the old Rochester City Council. We are now in our 42nd season, a fully-equipped public theatre, with over 300 productions behind us.

National Resources Institute - Greenwich University Chatham Maritime.
The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) became part of the University of Greenwich in May 1996. Since the formation of the Imperial Institute in 1894, NRI and its predecessors have undertaken research, consultancy and training in the management of natural resources.
Today's NRI has evolved from the development and amalgamation of many parent organisations. The oldest of these, the Imperial Institute, was based in Kensington, London, and its Scientific and Technical Department was primarily concerned with identifying and promoting new uses of tropical products in the time of the Empire. The work undertaken by the Department was taken over by the Tropical Products Institute (TPI) in 1958.

St. Mark's is part of the Diocese of Rochester and is a full member of the world-wide Anglican Communion.

St. Mary's Island Church - Meets every Sunday in St. Mary's Island School at 11:00 am.

Sunday is the day when the family of God comes together to worship God, to hear what he has to say to us through the teaching from the Bible and to talk to him in prayer.

We aim to find a style that balances the formal and the more traditional with worship that is open and informal using different styles of worship from our 'parent' denominations.

We welcome all ages to our services.  Please come and join us, we would love to meet you.

Gillingham High Street for your local shopping needs: Local Information
As one of Medway's popular shopping centres with around 200 shops, Gillingham has an excellent choice of brand names to choose from, including Woolworths, Boots, W. H. Smith,
Somerfield, Iceland and the Co-op food stores.  A good all round information site -
It's worth checking out.

Gillingham
High Street

Get to know Gillingham:
Whatever you want to find around Gillingham; shops, businesses, hotels, pubs, restaurants, clubs, cinemas, theatres, etc. our directory, classified system and events guide will help you to find out what's on in Gillingham and where to find things in and around Gillingham.  Want to find out more?  Please click here

What is Kent Local Directory (Gillingham)?
Kent Local is a huge source of information for your local town and neighbourhood. You can easily find local businesses, clubs and societies and entertainment and travel web sites as well as post a wide range of classifieds. If you want to publicise an event, or see what's going on in your town, then use the events calendar and keep yourself and your neighbourhood up to date. It's all free!
To find out more, please click here

Kent On-line
Gillingham